This Day in History - Today in History with a distinctly Australian Flavour

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Monday, December 16, 2019

Born on this day
1770 -	The great composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, is born. [more]
Australian Explorers
1824 -	Hume and Hovell mistakenly arrive at Corio Bay, instead of Westernport Bay. [more]
1845 -	Thomas Mitchell departs Orange, New South Wales, in search of a great river flowing to the Gulf of Carpentaria. [more]
1860 -	Burke makes the fateful decision to push on to the Gulf from Cooper Creek, despite waterless country and searing summer heat. [more]
World History
1631 -	Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying six villages and killing up to 4,000 people. [more]
1997 -	700 people, mostly children, are hospitalised following the broadcast of a cartoon which triggers 'Nintendo epilepsy'. [more]

Thought For Today If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good.
Romans 12:17 (c) GNB
Don't let a bitter person or experience ruin your reputation by causing a wrong reaction.